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Bazzite is an alternative OS to SteamOS for the deck and other handheld PCs. Unfortunately due to a mistake, anyone who installed Bazzite before July 3rd 2024 won't get automatic updates.

If this affects you, I'd suggest checking out the article to get instructions on fixing it.

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[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you use Bazzite anywhere, you need to apply this fix.

I had to fix this on my desktop and laptop.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As someone who's never heard of Bazzite until this thread, what is the appeal of using it on desktop?

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's an atomic variant of Fedora that satisfies all necessities for gaming with Linux, like coming with built in drivers and the option to install stuff like Steam and Discord during initial startup.

Atomic varieties of Linux are really cool, they are much less prone to breakage because all updates happen at once or not at all. They are just generally more stable and you can rollback easily if necessary.

Personally I just like Fedora, so my preconfigured options are either Bazzite or Nobara. I also prefer the stability of atomic variants. It's just a solid base to work with, regardless of if you're using a desktop or a handheld.

[–] HoloPengin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Also if an update gets completely borked while installing (i.e. you lost power), then it just boots into the version you were running previously thanks to the A/B update scheme. It's neat.

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

“It just works” from what I understand.